Hammock-support.



H.B.ARNO LD. HAMMOGK SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED 3111.14, 1914.

1,099,906, Patented June 16,1914.

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HARRY B. ARNOLD, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR- TO THE NATIONALSPRING BED COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OFCONNECTICUT.

HAMMOCK-SUFPORT Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY B. ARNOLD, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of New Britain, in thecounty of Hart-- ford and State of Connecticut. have invented a new andImproved Hammock-Support, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices that are especiallyconstructed for the purpose of supporting a hammock, and an object of myinvention, among others, is to provide a device of this class that shallbe extremely simple in construction, one that can be neatly folded intocompact space and one that shall be extremely rigid.

One form of structure embodying my invention, and in the constructionand use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may beattained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a view in side elevation of a hammock support embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a View in end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is adetail view, on enlarged scale, in

lengthwise section through the hammock supporting bar. Fig. 4 is adetail view in cross section through said bar, both of these latterfigures showing the manner of attaching the hammock supporting hooks.

My invention is embodied in a hammock supporting frame composed of twouprights located one at each end, and a hammock supporting bar securedto and connecting the ends of these uprights. Each upright consists of apair of legs 6 spread apart at their bottom ends and connected by across bar 7, preferably bolted to the legs to prevent their relativedisplacement. Each pair of legs converge toward their upper ends atwhich point they are connected by a bracket 8 having loops 9 closelyembracing the legs and secured thereto as by bolts passing through theloops and legs, the latter being preferably of tubular form. Eachbracket also includes side plates 10-11 arranged on opposite sides of apair of legs and a projecting cap 12 overlying and covering the upperends of the legs. The side plate 10 of each bracket is also extended toform a cover 13 for the end of the hammock supporting bar 14. A rest 15also projects from each bracket and is formed to receive an end of thehammock supporting bar 141 that is secured in place at each end as bymeans of a bolt and nut, the former passing through the bar and throughthe rest. This hammock supporting bar is preferably formed from a tubeand the brackets constructed as described afiord a very rigid and stableconnection for the end supports and hammock supporting bar. Braces 16connect each end of the hammock supporting bar 14 with an upright, apair of these braces being employed at each end of the structure, eachmember of the pair being located on the opposite side of the bar fromthe other member. Each brace is pivotally connected to one-of the legs6, as by means of a bolt passing through the parts, and a single pivotor hammock hook supporting. bolt 17 passes through both braces of a pairand through the hammock. supporting bar 1 1, as

clearly shown in Figs. 3 and a of the draw-- ings. Hammock supportinghooks 18 are suspended from the bolts 17, these hooks passing throughhook openings 19 formed through the under side of the tube composing thehammock supporting bar. These openings 19 are located with their centersat one side of a plane passing vertically through the axis of the bolts17, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, so that the downward strain,exerted by the hammock, will be directly upon the bolt and there willtherefore be no binding action on the walls of the openings. It will benoted that in order to insert the hook it must be turned with its planetransverse to the axis of the bar 14:, in which position the small endof the hook may be readily inserted through the opening in the bar,after which, the book being turned to its normal position as shown inFig. 3, the bolt 17, may be passed through the hook to secure it inplace.

While I have shown and described herein a construction of parts thatsatisfactorily accomplishes my purpose, this may be departed from to agreater or lesser degree and yet be within the spirit and intent of theinvention.

I claim 1. A hammock support including end up rights, a hammocksupporting bar secured to the uprights and having openings extendinglaterally thereinto, hook supports proj ecting through the bar, andhammock hooks pivotally mounted on said hook supports and projectingthrough said openings.

' 2. A hammock support including end uprights, a tubular hammocksupporting bar secured to the uprights and having openings extendinglaterally through the walls into the opening in the tube, hook supportsprojecting laterally through the tube opposite said openings, andhammock hooks pivotally attached to the hook supports and projectingthrough said openings.

3. A hammock support including end uprights, a tubular hammocksupporting bar secured to the uprights and having openings through theWalls thereof to the interior of the tube, braces pivot-ally connectedat one end to the uprights and atthe opposite ends to hook supportspassing through the supporting bar, and hammock hooks suspended fromsaid hook supports Within the tube and projecting through said openings.

4. A hammock support including end uprights, a bracketsecured to eachupright, said bracketsconsisting of loops embracing the legs of theuprights, plates projecting from the loops on opposite sides of theuprights, a rest secured to said plates, and a hammock supporting barsecured to said rest.

5. A hammock support including end up rights, brackets secured to theuprights, each bracket consisting of plates located on opposite sides ofthe legs composing the uprights, caps projecting from said plates andoverlying the ends of the legs of the uprights, rests projecting fromsaid plates, and a hammock supporting bar secured to said rests.

6. A hammock support including end uprights comprising legs, bracketssecured to said legs, each bracket having plates located on oppositesides of the legs, a cover projecting upwardly from said plates, restsprojecting from said plates on each of the brackets, and a hammocksupporting bar secured to said rests, the ends of the bar being locatedbetween said covers and protected thereby.

7. A hammock support including end uprights comprising legs, a bracketto which said legs are pivotally secured, said bracket including loopswithin which the legs project, plates located on opposite sides of thelegs, caps secured to said plates and covering the ends of the legs, arest secured to the plates, a hammock supporting bar remov ably securedto said rest, a cover projecting from the bracket to cover the end ofsaid bu r, and braces pivotally connecting the legs of the end uprightsand said supporting bar.

HARRY B. ARNOLD. Witnesses M. R. CODAIRE, Gr. GOEB.

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